SmartBoard 10 Learning in 4 Parts:



Part 1: Getting Hooked Up


  1. Download the software and the drivers (Smarttech.com)

  2. Connect the Smartboard and the LCD projector to the Laptop

  3. Orient


Part 2: Features and Benefits


  1. Writing, recognizing, typing, erasing

  2. Tabs, Toolbars, Taskbar

  3. Gallery

  4. Screen capture

  5. Recorder (Counting Change Video)


Part 3: Resources and How to Steal Them

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Google Earth


Smarttech.com

My del.icio.us Smartboard links

Teachers Love SmartBoards blog

Google Earth,

Virtual Field Trips using Google Maps

Visuwords

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (patterns, diffy, tangrams, base blocks addition)

Number Cruncher and SmartSpeller - These are a software download and available from Smarttech.com


Example Lessons from Mr. Lewis' Fourth Grade


Step Up Lesson

  • shows a lesson for planning writing using the colors (green, yellow, red) of Step Up to Writing as a guide.

Career Planning

  • shows a screen capture of a Word file that students would be using at their desks. (the Word file is in "attachments")

"I remember when" narrative writing

  • shows a screen capture of Word file (Word file in "attachments")

  • shows the lined paper background from gallery

Magic Tunnel - Math rounding activity Solid Shapes - Math geometry lesson pulled from gallery search 23.2 problem of the day - Math, probability with spinner game from Virtual Manipulatives as attachment



ESL resources

Resource Cards


RESOURCES FROM THE TRAINING PARTICIPANTS





Ms Weaver from Kentuky- Lesson activities

Lessons by standard on the Smarttech Website

Lakeland Schools.org- Resources and lessons




States of Matter notebook file created by Joaquin and his partner. He had a video attachment which I changed to a link because the video made the file too large to upload to this wiki. The video is entitled: "Matter and Energy: Matter, How Is It Put Together?" and is available from Discovery Education Streaming.



Multiplication Game and Recorded Instructions - Created by Lindsay from Rose Hill

(her recording is an attachment inserted in the last slide)




Place Value Using Base-Ten Blocks - finished notebook file found on the web.



Tumblebooklibrary.com - animated classics read aloud online as the words are highlighted to show fluency.

username - adams14
password - trial





Part 4: Creating and Sharing

What will you do first with the SmartBoard in you classroom next year?





What is preventing you from trying the SmartBoard in you classroom?







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